Hemorrhoidectomy intrnl lig rbbr band ligations at Sanford Worthington Medical Center

1018 6th Ave, Worthington, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1396712618

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$600.80

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$751.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$291.16 with Sanford Health Plan vs $2,488.63 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $291.16 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $291.16 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $337.95 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $342.53 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $342.53 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $413.05 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $462.62 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $533.21 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $586.53 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $615.82 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $627.09 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $669.89 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $673.60 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $675.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $675.90 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $675.90 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $717.21 ↑ +19%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $850.01 ↑ +41%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $912.65 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $921.59 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $921.59 ↑ +53%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $921.59 ↑ +53%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $921.59 ↑ +53%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $921.59 ↑ +53%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $939.49 ↑ +56%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $1,002.88 ↑ +67%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $1,002.88 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $2,488.63 ↑ +314%

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Hemorrhoidectomy intrnl lig rbbr band ligations at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,665.60 $504.05 – $1,873.80
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,644.80 $497.76 – $1,850.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,217.60 $659.35 – $1,369.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $957.30 – $957.30
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $957.30 – $957.30
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $957.30 – $957.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy not published $957.30 – $957.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls not published $957.30 – $957.30

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